The Dash-80 was scheduled to perform a simple flyover, but Boeing test pilot Alvin "Tex" Johnston instead performed a barrel roll to show off the jet airliner. The next day, Allen …

Tex Johnson, the Boeing Test Pilot rolls the Prototype aircraft!He gets a Bollocking, but gets away with it!

2021年10月27日 · According to the Seattle Times, he executed the barrel roll at a speed of 490 miles/hr (789 km/hr), flying the airplane upside down. As if doing it once was not enough, the …

On August 7, 1955, Alvin M. "Tex" Johnston stuns the crowd at the Seafair Gold Cup hydroplane race on Lake Washington by barrel (or aileron) rolling the prototype Dash-80, the precursor to …

2015年8月7日 · Friday is 60 years since Tex Johnston’s famous barrel-roll of the Boeing 707 prototype over Lake Washington. It was a promotional stunt that in today’s dollars used a $144 …

2013年12月14日 · The Dash-80 was scheduled to perform a simple flyover, but Boeing test pilot Alvin "Tex" Johnston instead performed a barrel roll to show off the jet airliner. The next day, …

2016年5月1日 · The 707 prototype was Boeing’s first commercial jet airliner and the future of the company was at stake. Instead of doing just a fly-over as foreseen, Johnston wanted to show …

2024年10月13日 · “Tex” Johnston Barrel Rolls the Boeing 707 prototype. The maneuver, better suited to the Navy’s Blue Angel demonstration team, had been rehearsed. It looked dangerous …

波音707是美國 波音公司在1950年代研發的首款四引擎噴射式 單走道客機，由波音367-80設計發展，載客量為140至189人，航程為2,500至5,750海里（4,630至10,650公里） [3] 。 707是波 …

2024年12月12日 · The Boeing 707 test program ran for about four years, but one moment truly stands out—thanks to legendary test pilot Tex Johnson. Known for his bold approach, …